Hobbies/Sport You Could Never Do

barry1010 | 11:31 Wed 19th Mar 2025 | ChatterBank

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I can't understand why anyone goes potholing. I've been in plenty of 'touristy' caves and tunnels but would not squeeze myself in to the unknown.

Rock climbing. Scrambled over a few rocks up peaks on long hikes, but climb up a sheer face? Not on your nelly.

Hockey, lacrosse, hurling. Don't mind contact sport, used to enjoy rugby, but not with weapons and hard little balls.

Gliding. I can see the appeal of silently flying over the countryside - but I've sat squashed in those flimsy oversized model planes. That's enough

How about you?

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albaqwerty

Two that spring to mind, surfing. Why paddle out, wait for the right wave to bring you back and stand up whilst doing that? Diving, from a great height into a teeny drop of water? No,thank you very much.

barry1010

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I've seen some almost unbelievable photos of surfing. Never fancied it. Paddle boarding looks easy on still water but I bet you need to be fit.

I have dived off the high board but couldn't do it now, I've lost my head for heights

davebro3

I've done some "adventure" sports over the years - rock climbing, mountaineering, caving, paragliding, skiing, etc. But now I'm more or less out of it.

The thought of potholing fills me with dread - I'm sure I would be disabled by claustrophobia.

I've always hated team sports - rugby particularly.

barry1010

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I parascended over the sea on holiday one year but that isn't adventurous. I enjoyed it though

Ken4155

Given that i am afraid of heights, i quite surprised myself while in the army by abseiling down a cliff face in Wales. Jagged rocks awaited anyone who fell but, once i had 'pushed out' a couple of times, i got more and more adventurous, kicking out harder and therefore abseiling just that bit lower.

My first attempt didn't go too well, though. The top of the cliff was a overhang and i had no sooner cleared that major obstacle, my safety rope snagged. I shouted up to the instructor that i couldn't go any further.

Knowing my fear of heights, he assumed that i was bottling out and he shouted encouragement down to me. To emphasise that i couldn't go any further, i spread my arms out wide - a definite no-no when abseiling.

He and another instructor hauled me back up the cliff to discover that the safety rope had been tied incorrectly. Having graciously accepted their apologies, i flew down that cliff face and wanted to do it all over again.

I wouldn't go pot-holing at the point of a gun.

Cloverjo

Potholing? No way. I feel claustrophobic just putting my head under the bed to find a lost item.

I can't go into water above waist height.

I have done a bungee jump just for the 'thrill'. Never again.

albaqwerty

A bungee jump? Oh, bruvver, Clover!!

I played hockey for 2 years, was pretty good at it, talks of intercounty etc but I wasn't that interested.

Omg21

Whenever I watch athletics, I always wonder how contestants chose pole vaulting. Not a sport I would contemplate.

Khandro

Football, bah!

What people see in it is a complete mystery to me.

barry1010

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Bungee jumping! No. Just no.

naomi24

I was very sporty at school. On school Sports Days a good javelin thrower and an excellent batter and catcher in my House rounders team, but I've never won a running race in my life. I always played tennis at school and for the school netball team, and after I left played for the 'old girls'. I've always liked swimming and I scuba dive (warm water only!), but I've never had an interest in 'domestic' hobbies - sewing, cooking, and craft type things - although I do paint and play piano - but neither to a high standard.

naomi24

My husband is into all sorts of sports. Rugby, scuba diving (he's a PADI instructor), long distance cycling, and he's a regular kite surfer. He likes anything that wafts a bit of a challenge his way. He's bungee jumped, parachuted out of airplanes, and driven on rallies. I have three garages full of various sports and hobby equipment - and personally I think he's barmy.

Ryzen

Landing a microlight in a 30 knot crosswind with a 45 deg approach angle is good fun, as is engine out training at 3000 feet.

DDIL

I spent my youth gliding - absolutely hated it but it pleased my father!!

Lacrose and hockey did at school much preferred netball and athletics!

As for the rest of your question, I too would never do potholing the fear is too real the same for anything involving unstable floors and heights - I feel nauseaus and breakout in a cold sweat going up in a glass elevator!